I took a couple of months off.
- boonerbuck

Don't blame ya

Two teams to work with? Wow... lets compare and judge this situation to all the other top rental defense man in the past and totally ignore the NTC and being limited to two teams.

Of course he got low balled. There were more D available.... and Dallas liked Russel better. They did a late gamble hoping they could hose the GM and he passed. Personally I would take the 3rd but I'm not going to act out this drama that JB refused these great offers because he thought letting Hammer walk was much better for the rebuild.

- boonerbuck

What flavour kool-aid are you drinking?

Im not unionized but I would still never do anything for my company with out mutual benefit coming my way.
- Bigzby

It's kind of funny. Think of when Sundin never waived......then ask any Leaf fan if they'd move to Edmonton for the same money and no guarantee of a job in a couple of months.

how has Oduya been a mistake?
- neem55

Scratch Oduya, my bad.

True.

As much as I didn't like the Miller signing, I don't think he is the reason we aren't in the playoffs. Vrbata on the other hand, from having an all star calibre season to missing in action... player without a role... maybe we can blame that on WD? or JB for not selling high?

I must admit though, I am shocked that Toronto was able to move so many pieces from a team that was tanking. Is that Eastern bias or just good asset managment? Or is it too early to tell, have to wait to see what they do with their picks and cap space?
- hillbillydeluxe

We ended up keeping half of our UFA's. The big thing was getting out from under clarkson, kessel and phaneuf contracts.

At this point im not sure Lou, Dubas, Hunter can do any wrong.

We finally got to see our young guys with the big club tonight, we're all over the top hyped in our thread haha

They offered less for the better player?

seems fishy I get why you guys are kinda pissed over here.
- Bigzby

It's BS.

Thats a privelege of an NTC like or not its up to the player.
Hamhuis has no obligation to say or do anything.
Its a private matter n we can want or demand all we like.
- Nighthawk

I did not know that thanks

We ended up keeping half of our UFA's. The big thing was getting out from under clarkson, kessel and phaneuf contracts.

At this point im not sure Lou, Dubas, Hunter can do any wrong.

We finally got to see our young guys with the big club tonight, we're all over the top hyped in our thread haha
- Bigzby

The leafs had an excellent couple of days leading up to the deadline.

We ended up keeping half of our UFA's. The big thing was getting out from under clarkson, kessel and phaneuf contracts.

At this point im not sure Lou, Dubas, Hunter can do any wrong.

We finally got to see our young guys with the big club tonight, we're all over the top hyped in our thread haha
- Bigzby

Never thought I'd envy the Leafs, but so far they're doing a good job of rebuilding. We'll see if they can execute the drafting and developing part. But their asset management has been great.

Never thought I'd envy the Leafs, but so far they're doing a good job of rebuilding. We'll see if they can execute the drafting and developing part. But their asset management has been great.
- Nucker101

I've been saying this all week, lamarello has killed it.

We ended up keeping half of our UFA's. The big thing was getting out from under clarkson, kessel and phaneuf contracts.

At this point im not sure Lou, Dubas, Hunter can do any wrong.

We finally got to see our young guys with the big club tonight, we're all over the top hyped in our thread haha
- Bigzby

I hope they have an extended honeymoon, sooner or later though, public opinion will change with a questionable move or some slip up and media/fans will start the fire___ at your rink.

hero to zero, drama driven by the media

What flavour kool-aid are you drinking?
- hertzman

Excuse me? I'm extremely disappointed right now. I've been anticipating a trade involving Hammer giving us a boost to the rebuild. I feel totally let down. I'm not going to exaggerate the poop out of everything to serve some bandwagon smear campaign though. There's enough to be disappointed in without doing that.

People wonder why Van fans burn this town down over hockey... take a look at the attitude in here... our fans are the best

TB has Johnson, Palat and Hedman to sign next summer. New plan: let the rebuild begin, ship/buyout contracts and clear space for Hedman and offer him Subban money

So I'm gonna go out on a limb and say the honeymoon with our new management group is officially over?

I think when the smoke clears we will discover two things...

1. The rebuild started months ago. Today would have been nice to improve upon that but it does not always work out.
2. Our ownership is a problem.

Excuse me? I'm extremely disappointed right now. I've been anticipating a trade involving Hammer giving us a boost to the rebuild. I feel totally let down. I'm not going to exaggerate the poop out of everything to serve some bandwagon smear campaign though. There's enough to be disappointed in without doing that.

People wonder why Van fans burn this town down over hockey... take a look at the attitude in here... our fans are the best

- boonerbuck

So I'm gonna go out on a limb and say the honeymoon with our new management group is officially over?
- golfingsince

Well.... one thing in their favour.... today they cannot be accused of losing in a trade.

TB has Johnson, Palat and Hedman to sign next summer. New plan: let the rebuild begin, ship/buyout contracts and clear space for Hedman and offer him Subban money
- neem55

TB will be in tough to resign all of those players especially with stamkos so they could be a team shipping out players on the cheap if the cap drops. Or even just letting guys walk as UFAs now is good time to have cap space.

TB has Johnson, Palat and Hedman to sign next summer. New plan: let the rebuild begin, ship/buyout contracts and clear space for Hedman and offer him Subban money
- neem55

(frank) that. Save the money and picks and offer sheet McDavid to the max when he comes up. Amazingly, the cap could still (frank) them over at that point. They have 7 players under contract for over $35 million.

I just hope that in the final games of the season, Edmonton overtakes us with a goal by Crackers and assisted by Kassian... somehow Sbisa and Vey will cough up the puck.

2nd pick!!!!!

Well.... one thing in their favour.... today they cannot be accused of losing in a trade.
- Beatle_john

Actually they can

TB will be in tough to resign all of those players especially with stamkos so they could be a team shipping out players on the cheap if the cap drops. Or even just letting guys walk as UFAs now is good time to have cap space.
- mauryballstein

Callahan has turned out to be a bad contract, it will be interesting how it plays out. Next TDL will be big for them, or maybe just this offseason. If they resign Stammer, seems to hamstring resigning Hedman a bit. Hard to say though, but Hedman is the UFA/biggest piece of the bunch IMO. Yzerman has got some wheeling and dealing to do.

(frank) that. Save the money and picks and offer sheet McDavid to the max when he comes up. Amazingly, the cap could still (frank) them over at that point. They have 7 players under contract for over $35 million.
- golfingsince

You do "the dreaded double offer" ---- you offer both McDavid and "Person B" huge offers knowing that they cannot cover both or totally screw their cap.

(frank) that. Save the money and picks and offer sheet McDavid to the max when he comes up. Amazingly, the cap could still (frank) them over at that point. They have 7 players under contract for over $35 million.
- golfingsince

you mean in 6 years?!

Callahan has turned out to be a bad contract, it will be interesting how it plays out. Next TDL will be big for them, or maybe just this offseason. If they resign Stammer, seems to hamstring resigning Hedman a bit. Hard to say though, but Hedman is the UFA/biggest piece of the bunch IMO. Yzerman has got some wheeling and dealing to do.
- neem55

Would prefer Hedman over Stamkos myself.